SME Development Fund (SMEF)
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The SME Development Fund is an Omani government-backed initiative established in 2014 to develop entrepreneurship and finance small and medium enterprises in the Sultanate. It is capitalized at $250 million and structured as a CMA-registered fund alongside a special purpose vehicle, NCPM.
SME Development Fund (SMEF) is a public fund headquartered in Oman, founded in 2014. It invests directly in companies, at seed, in small & medium enterprises.
“The SME Development Fund (SMEF) has been established in March 2014 & commenced operations in April 2014, an OAPFD initiative with the objective of developing entrepreneurship and financing small & medium enterprises in the Sultanate.”
— SME Development Fund (SMEF), own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Stage
- Seed
- Headquarters
- Oman
- Invests in
- Oman
- Sectors
- small & medium enterprises
- Founded
- 2014
- How to reach it
- Its pitch / apply page on its own site
Where this comes from
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